Airline pilots will get to skip physical security checks at US airports under new rules designed to let screeners spend more time on passengers, the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) confirmed Friday.

Instead of going through the traditional, invasive security process, pilots in uniform will only need to show two forms of ID. TSA agents will check the ID against a real-time database, with photos, and allow the pilots to pass through.

They will also be subjected to random, full screenings on occasion.

“This one seemed to jump out as a common-sense issue,” TSA chief John Pistole told Bloomberg News. “Why don’t we trust pilots who are literally in charge of the aircraft?”

Flight attendants may receive a similar exemption, Pistole said.

TSA spokesman Mike McCarthy said no exact starting date has been set yet for the new policy.

The new rules would not have helped John Tyner, a 31-year old software programmer whose refusal to undergo a full-body scan was captured on video and became an internet sensation this week.

Told by a TSA employee at San Diego International Airport that he would be subjected to a pat-down security check instead, he famously replied: “You touch my junk and I’m going to have you arrested.”